Records of the clan and name of Fergusson, Ferguson and Fergus. Supplement

18 CLAN FERGUSSON
where and what Muling is, he will tell you that the district so
named — he will call it " the Barowny," and spell it Mullion —
forms part of the Logiealmond estate ; that it lies to the north
of the main portion of the estate, between the Crachie and Shochie
Burns till they unite, and creeping up the hills behind ; that before
it was thrown by the Boundary Commissioners into the parish of
Monzie (now called that of Logiealmond) it formed a detached
part of the parish of Redgorton ; and that it has some good land,
but is far removed from train and market. Like every other
estate, Mullion had its mill, and the mill of " the Barowny " was
at the mill-haugh on the Shochie, north from the Myreton Farm
(where one of its millstones used to cover in the draw-well), and
whither half of the nether stone was carted about 1846 or 7 to
form a seat beside the door.
'I have been told that the Lairds of the "Barowny" were called
Fergusson, and that their castle was at the Mains of Mullion, the
gable standing near the present farm-steading. My informant
(Wm. Taylor) said his father used to speak of a big arched fire-
place standing in his day, which could hold six men standing
within it. The Fergussons, men said, lost the "Barowny" in con-
sequence of the part they took in the Gowrie Conspiracy, as did
also MacDuff of Findowie. Perhaps it is a relic of those days
that an old man living at the Littleton in the " Barowny " — a life-
renter possibly — was called "the Baron." . . .' [See Clem Records,
pp. 39 (No. 7), 47, 55. The entry from the Retours Perth, mid. of
p. 55, refers to Muling in Logiealmond, date 1568, and not in
Athole. So also at p. 58, date 1602, first three pars.; at p. 60,
date 1618, refers to the Mullion in Logiealmond; and p. 61 foot
of page, Aug. 11, 1632; top of p. 63, and p. 92, latter half, and
top of p. 93.]
Although the Barony of Muling was not strictly in Athole,
and must be distinguished from the parish of Moulin, the
Barons of Muling were probably cadets of the family of
Derculich and Dunfallandy.
It has been suggested that the Aysons were a sept of
Clan Fergusson, and descended from the Fergusius filius
Ade who in the time of David Bruce was, sometimes in
partnership with ' Robert son of Duncan of Atholl,' a farmer
of Crown thanages. Fortingall was one of these thanages,
and in Fortingall to this day there are traditions about
' MacAoidh,' who was a mighty man of valour who among